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Quote checking

Quote Guard Lite

For makers who need a focused floor-price and target-margin calculation.

Machine economics

For owners who need to model productive hourly cost and break-even scenarios.

Recurring workflow

For shops that also want customer output, quote history, inventory, and a dashboard.

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Capability	Quote Guard Lite	Machine Planner	Pro
Material, waste, labor, overhead, and selling-fee job model	Yes	No	Yes
No-loss floor and target-margin price	Yes	No	Yes
Missing-input and planned-price checks	Yes	Input guards	Yes
Productive machine-hour cost components	Setup input	Detailed	Setup input
Monthly break-even scenarios	No	Yes	No
Customer-facing reviewed output	Estimate sheet	No	Quote summary
Quote history, inventory, and dashboard	No	No	Yes
Current Etsy price	€7.99	€6.99	€14.99

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